MP Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech, has published a list of journalists whose dossiers had been compiled by the suspects in the Midas case.
He received the list from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and shared it with the Bureau’s permission, Yurchyshyn reported in a Facebook post on 15 December 2025.
The list includes:
- Maryna Ansiforova (COSA Intelligence Solutions, LIGA.net)
- Yuriy Butusov (serviceman, Censor.net chief editor)
- Stanislav Rechynskyi (ORD chief editor)
- Volodymyr Fedoryn (Forbes Ukraine chief editor)
- Olha Chaika (Forbes Ukraine editor)
- Yuriy Nikolov (NashGroshi co-founder)
- Andriy Kulykov (Commission for Journalist Ethics chair)
The list also featured two late media workers: Dzerkalo Tyzhnia founder Volodymyr Mostovyi and investigator Oleksa Shalayskyi.
“This likely constitutes interference in private life, a crime (Article 182 of the Criminal Procedure Code). But there is a nuance. According to the Criminal Procedure Code, proceedings can only be opened if the victims file a motion personally. My parliamentary address is not enough. It will be enough if the journalists personally contact the police,” the MP added.
He noted that the Committee on Freedom of Speech is ready to provide support.
Previously
As IMI reported, the suspects in the Midas graft case had compiled hundreds of “dossiers” on journalists, officialsm and NABU detectives; these included 10 journalists investigating corruption such as Yuriy Nikolov and Oleksa Shalayskyi.
NABU announced a special operation to expose corruption in the energy sector on 10 November 2025. The investigation revealed that the persons involved in a criminal organisation had built a large-scale scheme to influence strategic state-sector enterprises such as Energoatom.
Law enforcement operatives detained five of the seven suspects. These included a businessman whom the investigation considers the head of the criminal organisation, a former advisor to the Minister of Energy, and Energoatom’s executive director for physical protection and security.
Suspicion notices were issued to businessman, Kvartal-95 studio co-founder Timur Mindich (code name “Carlson” on NABU tapes), former advisor to the Minister of Energy, Ihor Myroniuk (“Rocket”), Energoatom’s executive director for security, Dmytro Basov (“Tenor”), and four “employees” of the so-called “money laundering back office”, including Oleksandr Zukerman (“Sugarman”), Ihor Fursenko (“Ryoshik”), Lesya Ustymenko, and Lyudmyla Zorina. Five people from the list of suspects have been detained. Two, Timur Mindich and Oleksandr Zukerman, have left Ukraine.
